Beginning in 2022, there are new asset specific requirements
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Primary Residence: the respondent cannot have moved homes since
prior wave (we want to make sure we are asking them about the same
home)
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We will still ask if they did not have this asset previously
and now do
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We still ask if they had this asset previously and now do not
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Example: Rented same residence before and now own it
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Mortgage on Primary Residence: the respondent cannot have moved
homes since prior wave
Second Residence: the respondent cannot have moved second residence
since prior wave (we want to make sure we are asking them about the
same home)
Section Q
We re-wrote the debt sequence in Section Q. In 2020 and prior waves we had a
single question that asked about credit cards, medical debit, loans, etc.
Beginning in 2022, we broke these into individual questions and added a new
question to ask about student loan debt.
10. OBTAINING THE DATA
10A. Registration and Downloading the Data
HRS data are available for free to researchers and analysts at the HRS Web site.
In order to obtain public release data, you must first register at our Web site.
Once you have completed the registration process, your username and password
will be sent to you via e-mail. Your username and password are required to
download any data files.
By registering all users, we are able to document for our sponsors the size and
diversity of our user community allowing us to continue to collect these
important data. Registered users receive user support, information related to
errors in the data, future releases, workshops, and publication lists. The
information you provide will not be used for any commercial use, and will not be
redistributed to third parties.
10B. Conditions of Use
and Retirement public release data.
10C. Publications Based on Data
As part of the data registration process, you agree to include specified
citations and to inform HRS of any papers, publications, or presentations based
on HRS data. Please send a copy of any publications you produce based on HRS
data, with a bibliographical reference, if appropriate, to the address below.
Health and Retirement Study
Attn: Papers and Publications
The Institute for Social Research
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI(USA) 48106-1248
Papers and Publications” in the subject line.
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